Although master scheduling typically starts in January, school leaders must often fine - tune master schedules during the summer months as enrollment, staffing, and
budget numbers shift.
Not exact matches
«The governor touts his 2 percent spending cap, but if you dig deeper into the
numbers, you start to see some accounting
shifts and some other things that show spending growth is really closer to 4 percent most years,» said David Friedfel of the Citizens
Budget Commission.
Shifting dollars can ignite turf battles, because
budgets are often equated with
number of staff positions and job importance of district department leaders.
And at the same time, the school
budget reflects NO meaningful and corresponding increase in the
number of special education teachers and professionals that would be needed if Bridgeport
shifted all those special education students back into city's traditional schools.
Issued by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, the report cites research showing that the
shift toward greater
numbers of inexperienced teachers has «serious financial, structural, and educational consequences for American public education — straining
budgets, disrupting school cultures, and, most significantly, depressing student achievement.»
There are a
number of ways to combat this, by simply
shifting to better value products (see Give Yourself A Pay Rise and
Budgeting) or simply Stopping Spending).
«The rising student loan debt problem is another consequence of the housing downturn,» says NAHB Chairman Barry Rutenberg, a home builder from Gainesville, Fla. «As more and more parents face tighter
budget restraints as a result of lower home values, this is forcing an increasing
number of students to take out loans for tuition, essentially
shifting some of the burden of paying for college from parents to students.»